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Community Management of Rural Water Supply

Case Studies of Success from India

By: Paul Hutchings,Richard Franceys,Stef Smits,Snehalatha Mekala

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Community Management of Rural Water Supply

Case Studies of Success from India

By: Paul Hutchings,Richard Franceys,Stef Smits,Snehalatha Mekala

Based on twenty detailed successful case studies from across India, this book outlines future rural water supply approaches for all lower-income countries as they start to follow India on the economic growth (and subsequent service levels) transition.

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Taylor & Francis

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1315313324

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9781315313320

Climbing the Water Ladder

Multiple-use Water Services for Poverty Reduction

By: Barbara C. P. Koppen,Stef Smits,Patrick Moriarty,Frist Penning de Vries,Monique Mikhail,Eline Boelee

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Climbing the Water Ladder

Multiple-use Water Services for Poverty Reduction

By: Barbara C. P. Koppen,Stef Smits,Patrick Moriarty,Frist Penning de Vries,Monique Mikhail,Eline Boelee

Local government can be the pivot to make this happen.

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219

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IWMI

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9066870699

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9789066870697

Paradoxes of Individualization

Social Control and Social Conflict in Contemporary Modernity

By: Dick Houtman,Stef Aupers,Willem de Koster

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Paradoxes of Individualization

Social Control and Social Conflict in Contemporary Modernity

By: Dick Houtman,Stef Aupers,Willem de Koster

Paradoxes of Individualization addresses one of the most hotly debated issues in contemporary sociology: whether a process of individualization is liberating selves from society so as to make them the authors of their personal biographies. The book adopts a cultural-sociological approach that firmly rejects such a notion of individualization as naïve. The process is instead conceptualized as an increasing social significance of moral notions of individual liberty, personal authenticity and cultural tolerance, which informs two paradoxes. Firstly, chapters about consumer behavior, computer gaming, new age spirituality and right-wing extremism demonstrate that this individualism entails a new, yet often unacknowledged, form of social control. The second paradox, addressed in chapters about religious, cultural and political conflict, is concerned with the fact that it is precisely individualism's increased social significance that has made it morally and politically contested. Paradoxes of Individualization, will therefore be of interest to scholars and students of cultural sociology, cultural anthropology, political science, and cultural, religious and media studies, and particularly to those with interests in social theory, culture, politics and religion.

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284

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Routledge

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1351912852

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9781351912853

Belgian National Income During the Interwar Period

Reconstruction of the Database

By: Stef Peeters,Martine Goossens,Erik Buyst

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Belgian National Income During the Interwar Period

Reconstruction of the Database

By: Stef Peeters,Martine Goossens,Erik Buyst

Historical national accounting is nowadays recognized as an important field of research in economic history. Nevertheless the sub discipline also receives a lot of criticism. Several estimates would be based on shaky data material so that the outcome would in part reflect the personal opinion of those who produced the series. Moreover in some publications the estimation methods are explained in very vague terms thereby making a duplication of the results almost impossible. This book tries to remedy these critiques. The estimation procedures of the various components of Belgian national income between 1920 and 1939 are thoroughly discussed and explained.The book also falsifies the proposition that "Belgium is a country without statistics". There are many series available but they are scattered over many publications and therefore often difficult to find. One merit of this book is that it brings together quantitative material from very diverse sources and origins. Not only economic historians will benefit from the wealth of statistics presented here, but also e.g. social historians.

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Leuven University Press

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9058673499

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9789058673497

Climbing the Water Ladder

Multiple-use Water Services for Poverty Reduction

By: Barbara C. P. Koppen,Stef Smits,Patrick Moriarty,Frist Penning de Vries,Monique Mikhail,Eline Boelee

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Climbing the Water Ladder

Multiple-use Water Services for Poverty Reduction

By: Barbara C. P. Koppen,Stef Smits,Patrick Moriarty,Frist Penning de Vries,Monique Mikhail,Eline Boelee

Local government can be the pivot to make this happen.

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IWMI

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9066870699

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Community Management of Rural Water Supply

Case Studies of Success from India

By: Paul Hutchings,Richard Franceys,Stef Smits,Snehalatha Mekala

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Community Management of Rural Water Supply

Case Studies of Success from India

By: Paul Hutchings,Richard Franceys,Stef Smits,Snehalatha Mekala

The supply of reliable and safe water is a key challenge for developing countries, particularly India. Community management has long been the declared model for rural water supply and is recognised to be critical for its implementation and success. Based on 20 detailed successful case studies from across India, this book outlines future rural water supply approaches for all lower-income countries as they start to follow India on the economic growth (and subsequent service levels) transition. The case studies cover state-level wealth varying from US$2,600 to US$10,000 GDP per person and a mix of gravity flow, single village and multi-village groundwater and surface water schemes. The research reported covers 17 states and surveys of 2,400 households. Together, they provide a spread of cases directly relevant to policy-makers in lower-income economies planning to upgrade the quality and sustainability of rural water supply to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in the context of economic growth.

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Routledge

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1315313316

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9781315313313

Multiple Uses of Water Services in Large Irrigation Systems

Auditing and Planning Modernization the MASSMUS Approach

By: Daniel Renault,Robina Wahaj,Stef Smits

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Multiple Uses of Water Services in Large Irrigation Systems

Auditing and Planning Modernization the MASSMUS Approach

By: Daniel Renault,Robina Wahaj,Stef Smits

This publication expresses the rationale for multiple use of water services for large irrigation systems and demonstrates how managers can optimize, rather than simply tolerate, multiple uses. It also illustrates how consideration and appropriate management of multiple uses can benefit an irrigation system by improving performance and enhancing sustainability. The aim is to provide readers - irrigation managers and designers - with guidelines, steps to follow and leads that will allow them to perform multiple uses or services investigations in their own irrigation systems unearthing all services, the obvious and the hidden, and to document them using local data and surveys"--Publisher's description.

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9251078882

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9789251078884

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Community Management of Rural Water Supply

Community Management of Rural Water Supply

Climbing the Water Ladder

Climbing the Water Ladder

Paradoxes of Individualization

Paradoxes of Individualization

Belgian National Income During the Interwar Period

Belgian National Income During the Interwar Period

Climbing the Water Ladder

Climbing the Water Ladder

Community Management of Rural Water Supply

Community Management of Rural Water Supply

Multiple Uses of Water Services in Large Irrigation Systems

Multiple Uses of Water Services in Large Irrigation Systems

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